Leigh Taylor-Young and I participated recently in the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. We gathered with over 10,000 fellow peacemakers, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Although this was Leigh's first visit to the Parliament, I attended in 1999 when the Parliament was held in...

Emmy Award-winning actress, Leigh Taylor-Young, and I will present "Gathering of the Spirit of Peace in All" at the Parliament of the World's Religions 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The Parliament was first held in Chicago in 1893 and brings together the world's religious and spiritual communities, their leaders and...

Peace is an energy that's in harmony with all things, even when we are not aware of it. It's present in each and every circumstance. Even in a disturbing or troubling situation, you can become attuned to the vibration of peace. Peace is a natural state. It's what you hear...

My experience is that God made humans in a very natural way. God touched us, blessed us, and created each of us with a certain kind of genius and gifting. When we are on to our true nature, when we really are in tune and openly expressing our human nature,...

To meet challenges with Spirit, I like to get as practical as I can which means minimizing my down time. So I do my best to recognize when I'm experiencing something that's bringing me down. Our thoughts, feelings, senses and perceptions are psychic-material conditions that affect us all. However,...

"Love the one you are with. That will always include you."

Our Spiritual Nature

People often ask me how they can love themselves unconditionally, regardless of what they have done or how they think or feel. When we realize our spiritual nature, we have a...

The following excerpt is taken from the book, You Are the Blessings: Meditations and Reflections on Life, God and Us. The book contains Light-filled reflections -- from a couple of lines to a page or two, poetic messages, prayers, blessings and meditations, all addressing a range of life's experiences...

In order for us to fully understand the meaning of human existence and live in this world, we must have the ability to receive and to give whatever is available from the supply in the world. Which is more important? Which comes first -- the receiving or the giving?

Perhaps we're still answering Cain's question to God [Genesis, 4:9] and in a vital way for each one of us. To me, we are to be our brothers' and sisters' keepers and to do what we can to assist one another. That's when we experience our human connection and divinity....

If you knew you had one day left before going to prison for the rest of your life, what would you do on that last day of freedom?

Perhaps those are the things we all should be doing right now. Things that really nurture us. Things that put us...

Service is an opportunity that everybody has to contribute to the world. It's like breathing in and breathing out. Although we need to breathe in, it's equally important to breathe out. It's important to receive and it's important to give, and to give of ourselves in the way that actually...

As a result of the recent financial crisis, a friend of mine told me he felt he'd lost control of his life. To me, the current challenges make it clear that none of us have control of the world. But what we can control is how we choose to respond....

A friend of mine told me recently that she'd "lost everything." In truth, she hadn't lost everything. But she had lost more than she ever expected. Her life had changed suddenly and profoundly and would likely change even more in days to come. She told me she felt angry and...

Money is a valuable commodity for learning how to take care of ourselves and identifying our priorities. It is a great commodity for identifying our needs and our values. We actually create money as a medium of exchange for what is valuable and important to us. Money focuses us on...

Anger goes with the human condition. It's a misunderstanding to think we're not supposed to have anger. Anger goes with the territory of being human. But there's more to anger and more we can do with our anger than simply react. We can choose to free ourselves from anger and...

While I was speaking near Juarez, Mexico recently, I was asked to bless the city. The request was coming partly from the violent circumstances of apparent execution-style murders that had taken place in that region. I've written two books on blessings, The Blessings Already Are and You Are the Blessings:...